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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2016

Benin, 2016
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BEN_2016_GSHS_v01
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Ministry of Health
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Global School-based Student Health Survey
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Attempted suicide (q26)

Data file: ben2016

Overview

Valid: 2522
Invalid: 14
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 10
Range: 1 - 5
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext
The next 6 questions ask about your feelings and friendships.
Literal question
During the past 12 months, how many times did you actually attempt suicide?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 0 times 2142
84.9%
2 1 time 186
7.4%
3 2 or 3 times 119
4.7%
4 4 or 5 times 31
1.2%
5 6 or more times 44
1.7%
Sysmiss 14
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
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